Matthew McConaughey accepts the award for best actor in a leading role for 'Dallas Buyers Club' during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday.

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Todd Hill
CentralOhio.com

"Every year of my life my hero is always 10 years away. I'm never going to be my hero." - Matthew McConaughey, accepting the Academy Award for Best Actor on Sunday.

Some commentators called it hare-brained, others called it worse things than that, but if Matthew McConaughey's strategy for getting through life, by imagining himself in 10 years and then shooting for that, works for him, then I say more power to him.

I have become a believer in this actor's so-called "McConaissance," which culminated this awards season with his first Oscar win, on his first nomination. Officially, McConaughey ...